1-D Motion Quiz

What is the difference between distance and displacement?

• Distance is from point A to point B.
• Displacement is the shortest distance along 2 points and direction matters.
• Displacement is distance and direction matters.
• There is no difference.

How do we measure velocity?

• stopwatch
• distance/time
• time/distance
• displacement/time

A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the displacement?

• 30 km West
• 60 km West
• 30 km East
• 150 km

Average velocity can be calculated by dividing displacement over what?

• time
• distance
• mass
• density

What is the average velocity of a car that moved 60km in 3 hours?

• 10 km/h
• 20 km/h
• 30 km/h
• 60 km/h

What is the average velocity of a car that moved 40 km East and 80 km West in 2 hours?

• 5 km/h
• 10 km/h
• 15 km/h
• 20 km/h

Average acceleration is calculated by

• velocity change devided by the mass
• mass change devided by elapsed time
• velocity change devided by elapsed time
• velocity change devided by gravity

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If a car accelerates from 3 m/s to 12 m/s in 3 seconds, what is the car's average acceleration?

• 1 m/s²
•  2 m/s²
• 3 m/s2
• 4 m/s²

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How long does it take to accelerate an object from rest to 15 m/s if the acceleration was 3 m/s²?

• 2 s
• 4 s
• 5 s
• 15 s

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Acceleration due to gravity is represented by what symbol?

• v
• g
• t
• s

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